Fla. Attys Target Unprofessional Conduct Among Their Ranks

By Carolina Bolado

Law360, Miami (August 23, 2013, 8:45 PM ET) -- An attorney refuses to agree to a continuance requested by opposing counsel because of his wife's miscarriage. Another calls a judge's ruling “half baked” and sends a bottle of wine to apologize. Attorneys throughout the state have decried the decline in professional behavior, and spurred on by the Florida Supreme Court's recent ruling on attorney conduct, they are starting to do something about it.

Trial attorneys and judges aired their gripes about unprofessional conduct Friday in a professional and civility conference held by the Fort Lauderdale...